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Dinosaur: Brachylophosaurus canadensis
| Length*: | 9.7 m | 31.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 4.2 t | 9,259 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Middle-Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Sternberg
Year: 1953
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Canada, USA
Region: Alberta, Montana
Formation: Oldman, Judith River
Locations
Sources
Material: Many individuals (juvenile-adults)-partial skeletons, skulls, also with soft tissues.
References: Fowler, Elizabeth A. Freedman, and John R. Horner. (2015) "A New Brachylophosaurin Hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with an Intermediate Nasal Crest from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Northcentral Montana.
